Mofo
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4/14/2005 at 04:19 |
So, being the money hungry, greedy bastard I am, I am deciding that it is time to get a job. Schools bout over, I'm injured so spring football isn't problem, and I'm fucking bored. So, once I finished this damned Eagle Project, I can get a job. So I'm deciding to ask the people of Linkswarm for their enternal knowledge on any and all subjects.
So, any suggestions of where to work first, what to expect and what to ask would be greatly appreciated.
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magicchex
Fuckin' your bitches and stealin' your cars since 1985.  SSHOLEPosts: 414 Registered: 1/5/2005 Offline
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4/14/2005 at 05:49 |
So, being the money hungry, greedy bastard I am, I am deciding that it is time to get a job. Schools bout over, I'm injured so spring football isn't problem, and I'm fucking bored. So, once I finished this damned Eagle Project, I can get a job. So I'm deciding to ask the people of Linkswarm for their enternal knowledge on any and all subjects.
So, any suggestions of where to work first, what to expect and what to ask would be greatly appreciated.
I decided to quote you to make sure everyone knew what post I was replying to.
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qwerty
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4/14/2005 at 08:59 |
You will hate your first job. It will be underpaid and shitty hours. So i sugest working somewhere that you don't like anyway.
The other thing you have to worry about is work2slacker ratio. There's no point getting a minimum pay job if you have to work to get paid, so pick something that makes it hard for the boss to keep tabs on you.
Best idea - Get a shop assistant job at a slow business shop - e.g. Cleaning duties. Or get a job at walmart and steal shit.
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Lefen
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4/14/2005 at 11:24 |
gotta agree with qwerty on this one. my very first job was in macdonalds and they worked me like a bitch for minimum wage - i absolutely hated it.
my second job was stacking shevles at a supermarket - i earned the same money but the difference was, it was such a large store that none of the managers/supervisors really knew who you were and what you were supposed to be doing. so i'd spend most of my shifts sitting in the warehouse with the other slackers, and we'd just nip out every now and then to make sure our sheleves were still stocked up - that job ruled.
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dent
Slipping it into the wrong hole any chance I get  SSHOLEPosts: 857 Registered: 10/20/2004 Offline
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4/14/2005 at 14:12 |
I worked at a huge department store for my first job. I started as a cashier, which fucking sucked, because I was always stoned and fucking up peoples change. Then, I started stocking shelves and worked my way up to department manager, which kicked much ass.
Even your shitty jobs have some opportunity.
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ghostrider
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4/14/2005 at 14:16 |
i werked my first job at 13 (dishwasher) i think i got $2.25 an hour. you should try it.
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magicchex
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4/14/2005 at 15:49 |
My first was started a week after I turned 14 (legal age you can work at here in Michigan) at a local sub shop. Ended up staying there for 3.5 years, on track to manage until I got "phased."
Great job though, the kind I love where people are really cool, a 12 pack gets cracked an hour before close and so on. Pay wasn't great, started at 5.45 an hour, but if you're gonna make that crappy of money, it might as well be a decent job.
I will tell you this, I got hired into Best Buy starting at 8.63, I ended up quitting like 2 months later cuz I hated it, but not bad starting. Also, if you live near a University, check them out for jobs, I started at 8.50 doing the easiest cafeteria work in the world, again with real chill people.
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BeachGoat
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4/14/2005 at 16:59 |
I started off picking up brush fro a tree trimmer at 13 for $1.35 an hour (The minimum wage then). I soon (next year) made a whopping $1.65 working the summer up at Pine Flat Lake in the store/restaurant doing clerk/dishes while the owner skiid and chased girls.
The only thing I'd advise, is don't do anything you don't like. Always do jobs you enjoy, or they will kill you, even if its for a little while. The other trick is that you can like ANY job if your attitude is right. Even working in the salt mines. (which was actually kinda cool and not as bad as on TV)
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straydog1980
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4/14/2005 at 20:20 |
qwerty: You will hate your first job. It will be underpaid and shitty
lefen: my very first job was in macdonalds and they worked me like a bitch for minimum wage - i absolutely hated it.
dent: I started as a cashier, which fucking sucked, because I was always stoned and fucking up peoples change.
gheyrider: i werked my first job at 13 (dishwasher) i think i got $2.25 an hour
my first job owns all of you.
I worked at FuncoLand. That's right bitches, I got paid to play (and steal) video games. I looked like a big pimp when I gave my then girlfriend a brand new playstation for christmas 
I have never since found such a satisfying job that actually PAID ME. My nintendo skills reached Ninja Dragon status under my employment there. I only quit (after 4 years) because I had to go to college. I went from gaming nirvana to dishwashing at Red Lobster till 2 a.m. FUN
on the bright side, my dorm mates really liked the fact that I came home after every shift with 10 pounds of crab legs and 2 racks of cheese biscuits and baked potatos. STONER PARADISE.
[Edited on 14/4/2005 by straydog1980]
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Uart
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 1228 Registered: 3/5/2005 Offline
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4/14/2005 at 20:56 |
My first job was in tech support. First I did it under the table for a guy I knew who owned a restaurant and a computer, but only understood how one of them worked. Later, I made it a REAL job, getting paid a shit hourly wage and such and being forced to deal with unreasonable and angry idiots.
Oh well.
EDIT: Oh, and my supervisor's name was "Dick Wack"
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ghostrider
liberal exit SSHOLEPosts: 2444 Registered: 7/29/2004 Offline
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4/14/2005 at 21:06 |
straydog1980: qwerty: You will hate your first job. It will be underpaid and shitty
lefen: my very first job was in macdonalds and they worked me like a bitch for minimum wage - i absolutely hated it.
dent: I started as a cashier, which fucking sucked, because I was always stoned and fucking up peoples change.
gheyrider: i werked my first job at 13 (dishwasher) i think i got $2.25 an hour
my first job owns all of you.
I worked at FuncoLand. That's right bitches, I got paid to play (and steal) video games. I looked like a big pimp when I gave my then girlfriend a brand new playstation for christmas
I have never since found such a satisfying job that actually PAID ME. My nintendo skills reached Ninja Dragon status under my employment there. I only quit (after 4 years) because I had to go to college. I went from gaming nirvana to dishwashing at Red Lobster till 2 a.m. FUN
on the bright side, my dorm mates really liked the fact that I came home after every shift with 10 pounds of crab legs and 2 racks of cheese biscuits and baked potatos. STONER PARADISE.
[Edited on 14/4/2005 by straydog1980]
you win, Gheydog1980 (LOL)
[Edited on 14/4/2005 by ghostrideryyz]
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Acidburn
I am El Chupacabra  SSHOLEPosts: 777 Registered: 8/1/2004 Offline
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4/15/2005 at 01:18 |
My first "legal" job was working as a cash register bitch at a shitty roach infested Sr. Jose' taco shop. It had those little cigar roaches. And when we mixed the beans and one got near the pot this guy would take great pleasure in flicking them into it.
My best job is right now working on private jets. Good pay but I deal with assholes who think there shit doesn't stink and bark orders like I'm some fucking slave in Georgia.
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Acidburn
I am El Chupacabra SSHOLEPosts: 777 Registered: 8/1/2004 Offline
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ghostrideryyz: i werked my first job at 13 (dishwasher) i think i got $2.25 an hour. you should try it.
$2.25 an hour? What year was it?
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ghostrider
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4/15/2005 at 01:20 |
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Mofo
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4/15/2005 at 02:09 |
I'm currently 16 and plan to work in the summber after speed and weight camp each morning.
I'm thinking of two places now. One is Albertsons. Going to try and get a job with my friend, and since only 25 people shop there a day, it should be easy pay.
The other place is a Cajun resturant. All the free fried cajun food I could eat, as well as chilling with friends.
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Uart
DARTH MENSES Posts: 1228 Registered: 3/5/2005 Offline
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4/15/2005 at 02:17 |
Acidburn: $2.25 an hour? What year was it?
Nah.. $2.25 is about right for a Mexican's wages... Ghost is Mexican, right?
Stupid Mexicans. |
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Uart
DARTH MENSES Posts: 1228 Registered: 3/5/2005 Offline
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4/15/2005 at 02:24 |
Mofo: I'm currently 16
This is off-topic, and I'm sorry, but Mofo, I'm going to give you the best advice I could ever give a 16 year old ever.
While you still can... Go forth and have intercourse with as many underage sluts as you can. Do it now, and do it often, they only get skankier as you get older.
This will accomplish a few things:
1) It will get it all out of your system (the banging underage girls thing)
2) You'll get laid a lot by girls whose sexual experience most likely hasn't gotten them infected with anything too nasty just yet. (Wear a condom anyway)
3) You'll be really good at it by the time you go to college.
4) You're saying you don't want to put it in them? You're 16 for christsakes! Don't be a pussy, stick your cock in one.
I say this in the nicest way possible and encourage you to strive to achieve in this field.
I also apologize to the Linkswarm for this outburst, but its late here in Scotland... |
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government_death_robot
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 919 Registered: 4/23/2004 Offline
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4/15/2005 at 02:32 |
Mofo: I'm currently 16
Wowz0r, just like me.
I haven't gotten hired to do anything yet, but I do know that when the boss says, "Come back in two weeks" for two-and-a-half months, it's really an animatronic version of the boss that has cleverly replaced the real boss -- and this animaboss, as I like to call it -- is really just part of Tha Man's army and his goal is to keep you down.
I have noticed from all my employed friends that if you ask to work part-time, in some places you will end up and put in overtime, whether school is in session or not. My friend is a walking zombie right now. If it's possible, make sure you specify how many hours your willing to work. (I actually have no clue if you can even do that since I've never been employed).
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MOMAD
That Weird Stain on the Ceiling  SSHOLEPosts: 449 Registered: 3/12/2002 Offline
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4/15/2005 at 02:55 |
My first job was as at a hardware/lumber supply store as a cashier but I also did a lot of inventory and maintenance. It was all sorts of fun cuz I got to play around with tools and machinery, shoot rubber bands back and forth at my manager if I felt like it... not to mention that no other chick in my high school knew about plywood, rebar, tubing, etc... Home Depot forced the place out of business, of course. I was there for the slow, painful death: 10% off everything one week, then 20, then 30, then one final staff party and then DED(hence all the inventory I wound up doing). In closing, here's my advice to you, young warp: Whatever field you choose, go with something small to start out. They will be laid back and not strict. Stay FAR FAR away from chains. No matter how cool the management may be, they still have to answer to "the man" if it's a chain (ie Chilis, Stop & Shop, Gap, etc). Seek out the independant businesses who are advertising modestly. Or, just go inquire at places whether you know if they are hiring or not - it never hurts to have your interest on file. |
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LORDKAHUNA
Don't make me fuk your moustache  SSHOLEPosts: 1622 Registered: 8/5/2003 Offline
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4/15/2005 at 03:05 |
Before my mom married my stepdad she was fuking this dude who owned the Crown and Thistle English pub in my home town. This dude gave me my first job washing dishes and slinging pub faire. This is also the same guy who served me my first beer, teaching me the difference between domestic piss and beautiful vacuum pumped cask-conditioned ale. I shot my first triple twenty, picked up my first cougar, learned to love rugby, played my first set of original songs with Jim Cuddy, mourned my uncle Doug in a fantastic wake, and smoked my first joint in the bathroom in that bar.
I return at least once a year to try to recapture how I used to feel back then. Dave just looks older and older, and there is less people sitting at the bar. Fuk I hate getting older.
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MadTurk
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4/15/2005 at 03:09 |
First Job: Working at a lumber yard, stripping bark. By hand. From huge logs. For minimum wage. With a guy named 'Butch' who had only a few stray teeth hanging on for dear life. My hands were raw at the end of the first week despite wearing the toughest leather gloves I could find. Not a good condition for a drummer, so it didn't last long.
That job was soon replaced by kitchen plebe work in the local university's dining hall. Upgraded from washing to catering, then bartending (underage), which was a blast. I suppose the moral of the story is that good things come to those who don't peel logs for a living.
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Uart
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4/15/2005 at 03:59 |
LORDKAHUNA: This is also the same guy who served me my first beer, teaching me the difference between domestic piss and beautiful vacuum pumped cask-conditioned ale.
I wish I learned THAT at my first job... instead it took a couple months of living in Scotland to learn it. I'm afraid to go home again. There is nothing to drink in America. Not like there is over here.
Europe is like an orgasm of good beer. REALLY GOOD BEER.
Also, btw, Kahuna has the best story in this thread by far. Definitely, 100%. |
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ran93r
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4/15/2005 at 10:33 |
My first job kinda rocked, the job itself was dull as shit (pulling plastic mouldings off a machine and chucking them in boxes) but the money (I was 17 at the time after finishing what you aliens call High Skool) rocked, the twelve hour shifts were mind numbing but after about six weeks I bought a car with the money, quit the job and went to college with my chickmobile, happy days. |
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Stump
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 310 Registered: 6/18/2002 Offline
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4/15/2005 at 22:14 |
My first job was at 13 in a junk(scrap)yard/garage, supposedly only doing cleaning duties. I worked for two brothers, one of whom weighed close to 400lbs and the other wasn't far behind, looked like stereotypical down south truckers / union bosses. The parts counter person along with a lot of the disassemblers/mechanics were constantly stoned and we had a hlf-breed alcoholic Indian named Chief. I started at $2.00/hr and soon moved up to $3.50 in a matter of weeks as I started cleaning parts, working the counter and helping out in the yard itself. There was no feeling better than the day they wanted to give me the keys to a vehicle so I could drive to the liquor store for them other than learning from Chief to always drain a fuel tank before cutting it off with an acetylene torch. You'd be amazed how high a Datsun flies with just vapor in the tank. |
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Mofo
dont give a shit SSHOLEPosts: 425 Registered: 2/8/2004 Offline
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4/16/2005 at 03:30 |
I have noticed from all my employed friends that if you ask to work part-time, in some places you will end up and put in overtime, whether school is in session or not. My friend is a walking zombie right now. If it's possible, make sure you specify how many hours your willing to work. (I actually have no clue if you can even do that since I've never been employed).
Luckily, Texas state law puts a limit on the hours anyone under 18 can work, and limits us from over time (fairly sure).
Unfortunently, Texas loves it's chain stores. |
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HellKat
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 177 Registered: 1/19/2005 Offline
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4/17/2005 at 12:52 |
What part of Texas? I spent 13 years in Garland, left the proverbial ex's in Texas and moved to NJ (by Mom who has MS).
First job: age 12, stuffing circuit boards for my Dad consulting and prototype business for $2/PCB. Ooops, prior to that "first Job" I did baby sitting and had a 175 pc. paper route.
My son's first job: age 14, Playing piano at church 1 hour a week and earning $50.00 a pop.
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Mofo
dont give a shit SSHOLEPosts: 425 Registered: 2/8/2004 Offline
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4/20/2005 at 01:01 |
Austin, like Heather (If I remember correctly) |
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Uart
DARTH MENSES Posts: 1228 Registered: 3/5/2005 Offline
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4/20/2005 at 01:47 |
HellKat: What part of Texas? I spent 13 years in Garland, left the proverbial ex's in Texas and moved to NJ (by Mom who has MS).
NJ rocks so much more than Texas. We've got Salt. Water. Taffy. NJ wins.
Ehm...
My cousin's first job was as a summer camp councilor. That is the worst job in the world, because there is no way you can stop the little brats from acting like the assmunches that they are without getting yourself fired. Any time a parent complains (and they complain about everything) someone gets canned.
Especially at the YMCA camp that my cousin worked at -- they had zero resources to fight litigious parents. |
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Heather
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 612 Registered: 11/24/2004 Offline
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4/22/2005 at 18:26 |
Internships not an option? What are you in school for and how long till you're out, I can look around for you. |
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Mofo
dont give a shit SSHOLEPosts: 425 Registered: 2/8/2004 Offline
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4/23/2005 at 18:58 |
Just highschool over at Austin High. No career in mind.
On a side note, I can't really work till noon or so cause of weight and speed camp. |
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